Washing-machine gearing.



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FREDERICK PHILLIP UHRIG AND CALVIN C. STRANGE, 0F `GrAI'J-ESBUIIRG, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application med February 9, 1917. Serial No. 147,562.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK P. UHRIG and CALVIN C. STRANGE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine Gearing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

This invention relates to a washing machine of that type having a wi'ingcr combined therewith and including mechanism Awhereby the washing machine or the wringer can be thrown into and out of operative connection with the driving motor.

The invention has for its general objects to improve and simplify the construction and'operation of machines of the character referred to so as to be reliable and eiiicient in use, comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, and so designed as to be easily and quickly controlled.-

A more specific object of the invent-ion is the provision of a novel arrangement and design of power transmitting means whereby the power can be thrown on or off to operate the washing machine agitator or the wringer, the wringer being so mounted that it can be thrown laterally to and from an operative position with regard to the wash-4 ing machine without, however, altering the driving connections with the wringer.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a simple, novel and eliective means for oscillating the agitator of the washing machine, part of the said means being associated with the hinge between the cover and body of the tub, whereby the cover can be opened and closed without altering the operative connections between the power transmitting mechanism and the agitator.

lVith such objects in view, and others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention "and wherein 'similar characters of reference the latter being position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1;` A, Fig. 3l is an enlarged vertical section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2, showing the transmis sion mechanism between the motor and washing machine and wringer`; l

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section; Fig. 5 is a .vertical section on the line 5, Fig. 4; i Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view line (S-6, Fig. 4; Aand Fig. 7 is a detail view showing the catch for holding the washin machine unclutched from the power transmitting'mechanism.

Referring toy the drawings, A designates shown in its inoperative the washing machine, B the wringer, C the.

motor and D the transmitting mechanism. The tub 1 of the washing machine has at its top a rearwardly extending horizontal shelf 2 which supports the motor and the power transmitting mechanism D, I,nd on the casing of the latter ismovably mounted the wringer t The cover 3 of the washin machine tub has hinge ears 4 through w ich passes .a pintle or rod 5 which also passes through hinge ears or lugs 6 fastened t0 the fixed part or shelfQ, whereby the cover can swing upwardly and backwardly to open position. The hinge ears or lugs 4 are formed of a housing or plate 7 fastened -to the top of the cover and serving to inclosel Apart of the means for operating the lagitator 8 of the washing machine. The-agitator 8 has a vertical shaft 9 on which is a pinion 10 with which meshes a segmental` gear 11. This gear is pivoted at12 on the top 3 of the washing machine and has an arm 13 extending rearwardly with its rear end connected by a link 14 with a sleeve 15 movable axially on thepiiitle 5. The sleeve -is rcciprocated byincatis of a slide r16 which has spaced lugs 17 between which the sleeve is disposed, and these lugs are apertured so as to receive the pintle 5. By reciprocating the slide 16 the agitator of the washing machine is oscillated.

The inotor C transmits motion to the slide.

1G through the mechanism D. Thismechanism includes a .vertical shaft 18 which carries at its lower end the crank arm 19 that is'connected by a ptinan 20 with the slide 16, so that as the crank arm rotates,' tli'e yslide A -casing 25 and -has an upwardly extending4 will be reciprocated. A speed reduction' gearing 21 is operatively connected with a motor shaft 22, andthe countershaft 23. of this caring is connected through bevel gears 24 an 124 with the vertical shaft 18. The gearing 21 and shaft 18 are housed in a sta tionary casing 25 mounted on the shelf 2, there being suitable bearings in the'housing for'the rotating parts. The crank arm 19 is loose on the lower endof the shaft 18 and is .adapted to be connected therewith by a clutch 26 feathered on the shaft'18, and a forked lever 27 isconnected with -this clutch- `26 to throw-it into or out 'of operative po siticn. The lever is fulcrumed at 28 onthe handle 29 which is engageable with a catch 30 on the outside of the casing, as shown 'in Fig. 7, when the clutch is to beheld indisengaged position. When the handle of the lever is released from the catch, the clutch element 26 byitsownlweight will be maintained in engagement with the crank 19, so as to operate thewasher.

The wringerv B is of any v/approv'ed construction, and the side mei-obers 31 'have their lower bifurcated ends' straddling a 4horizontal arm 32 to which the-feet 33 of the members 31 are fastenedby means of. angles 34. The inner end of the arm 32 is vertically adjustable on' a bracket 35 which has a vertical'groove 36 into which engages a tongue 37, as shown in Fig. 4, and a bolt 38 passes through the bracket and through a vertical slot -39 in the arm.

The` bracket is carried by a horizontal ring 40 which is rotatablearound a neck 41- on the top `of the casing 35, and a key 42 on the ring 40 engages in an annular groove 43, whereby'the ring is rotatably' held Iin' place.-

By this means the wringer can be swung on a vertical axis or around the shaft 18 as a'spring 47.

Power is applied to t-he rollsl of the wringer by the lower roll-48 ha ving a shaft 49 extended beyond the frame of the wringcr, and feathered on this shaft are opposed bevel gears 50 and 51 adapted to engage oneat a time with the bevel gear 52 on the upperend of the shaft 18, as shown in' Fig. 3. This gearing is inclosed in a casing 53 and out of the top of the casing projects a lever 54 fulcrumed on a pin 55,`and the lower end of the lever 1s connected at 56 with a sleeve 57 to which the gears 50 and 51 are connected, the sleeve being feathered on the sha`t49.'V When both gears 5() and 51 are .out of engagement with the gear 52 the wringer is idle, but when the gear 70 i 50 or 51A isV meshing with the gear 52,' the wringer roll will be turned in one direction onthe-oth'er. The gear casing 53 is .mounted on the ring 40 so as to turn with the wringer as. the latter is swung to -andfrom its oper- 'ative position.

Onthe tub ljis a drain-board 6() over which thewringer is positioned when in use, whereby the water running from the clothes will drain back into4 the tub. 80

, From the foregoing description taken in connection-with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method ofV operation will be readily understood by those skilled in` the art to which the invention appertains, and while we have described the principle of operation, together with the machine which we now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, we desire to have it understood that the machine shown is merely illustrative and such changes may be made when 0de.- sired as'fall within the scope of the appended claims,

lHaving thus described our invention, we claim asl new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A mechanism foroperating a washing machine or wringer comprising a casing,

van upright shaft therein, a crank on the lower end of the shaft, a Iconnecting rod operated by the crank, a clutch connecting the crank with the shaft, a motor, a power, multiplying gear between the motor and -'shaft and mounted in the casing, a second 105 casing rotatably mounted on the first, a ,horizontal shaft in the'second casing and disposed above 'the first mentioned shaft, a

.gear on thc first mentioned shaft, and4 a gear on the second mentioned shaft and 11C movable into and out of engagement with the last mentioned gear.

2. A mechanism for operating a washing machine or wringer comprising a casing, an upright shaft therein, a crank on the 11 lower end of the shaft, a connecting rod operattalwby.. the crank, a clutch connecting the crank with the shaft, a motor, a power multiplying -gear between the motor and shaft and-mounted in the casing, a second 121 casing rotatably mounted on,the first, a horizontal shaft in the second casing and disposed above the first mentioned shaft, a gear on the first mentioned shaft. a bracket ,passing to the second casing and rotatably 1? mounted on the first casing. and interengaging means between the bracket and first casing for holding the bracket on the latter.

3. A mechanism for operating a washing machine orlwringer, comprising a support- 13 1,262,414 BESTAVA'LABLE COPi 'B 'for actuation thereby, a power multiplying gearing in the easing und operatively connested with the sha a second casing into whith the Shaft extends and fowmbl mounted on the first easing, a, second sha 10y extending into the second casing, and a revel-sible gearing for. operatifely connecting the shafts orjfor disconnectlng the shafts.

inneneinen PHILLIP UHRIG.

CALVIN o.v STRANGE. 

